Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 day agoWell, you win some, you lose some. I can only imagine how fulfilling having a kid can be (or at least seems to be based on watching my friends). Besides, kids grow up fast - you’ll have plenty of time for games before you know it.
While I prefer modern/light sci-fi settings, I don’t really mind fantasy in general. I just don’t really vibe with Skyrim specifically and, unfortunately for me, it has the biggest mod scene within the series so it’s much easier to find mods I like compared to older titles.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Very true. The first year has been incredibly fulfilling, I can only imagine how it’ll continue to feel as the years go on. My nephew is 5 years old, and my father-in-law recently said to my sister-in-law that if her son moves out at 20, she’s now 25% done. That’s kind of nuts to me, I never really thought of it that way before.
Totally fair. Not every game will be for everyone, I think Skyrim hit me in a time where I had lots of free time to play games, and it was also around the time I moved from my childhood home (not too far away but just far enough to be inconvenient to see friends on a regular basis) so I spent a lot more time playing single player games. I now have over 5k hours in the game, so it’s sort of become a comfort game now. But if I didn’t have that experience with it first, I could see how coming to it now wouldn’t do much for me. I actually prefer Oblivion to it these days, and I’m constantly trying to get into Morrowind too because I’m confident I’d love it. I have some time today, maybe I’ll boot up Morrowind again.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
TES is a weird series for me since I started on the Gothic side of things. By the time I gave TES games a try there was always something blocking me from enjoying them in full. Not that any of them are bad, they just didn’t shape my tastes like other games did.
I actually started writing a full post going in detail about all of the titles I played but the truth is all I want is a modern Daggerfall with a big modding scene. That would be my dream come true in terms of sandbox fantasy RPGs.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
That sounds familiar, I feel like we’ve talked about this before. I’m pretty sure you got me to try Daggerfall Unity. Someone on here definitely did.
For what it’s worth, I played a bit of Morrowind today using OpenMW and had a ton of fun with it. I really hope this time it sticks for more than a week.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Yup, I believe that was me. I mentioned modding and playing DU in the past. It was a pretty fun experience, even if somewhat simple/limited due to game’s age and mechanics. Seriously though, that approach with Skyrim’s range of mods would be a sight to behold.
Good luck with Morrowind. I tried it before (without OpenMW) and it left me traumatised due to crashes so I can’t say I ever gave it a proper try it deserves. Your setup should be way more stable so I hope it works out!